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James Kitfield, Yahoo News•March 5, 2018 With the guns finally silent and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) expelled from Mosul, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria — the twin capitals of the group’s self-proclaimed…

Command Center at the National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) Breaking Defense By James Kitfield, December 2017 American troops have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for so long that the public doesn’t even celebrate their victories…

By James Kitfield, Originally published by Yahoo News on March 3, 2017 Dropping all his claims during the campaign that he had a secret and “foolproof” plan for defeating ISIS “quickly and effectively and having…

C-SPAN: DECEMBER 22, 2016 James Kitfield on Twilight Warriors James Kitfield talked about his book Twilight Warriors, in which he explains how the U.S. national security apparatus has adapted to fight terrorism since the terrorist…

General James “Mad Dog” Mattis This series of profiles originally appeared in December on the “Breaking Defense” website. By James Kitfield, Monday, December 19, 2016 The generals likely to hold top positions in the…

The terrorist group has a bigger sanctuary, far more money, and is more indiscriminately murderous than Al Qaeda was on September 10, 2001. BY JAMES KITFIELD August 20, 2014 When a centrist Democrat, a Republican…

America’s national interests in the oil-rich Middle East endure. Washington should turn to a familiar playbook to ensure Iraq does not fall apart—and drag down the region with it. By James Kitfield and Max Angerholzer…